shane kowalski
@dieddisappointed.bsky.social
like a pizza in the rain
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we love @futuretensebooks.bsky.social !!
January 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
we love @futuretensebooks.bsky.social !!
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“I have been here almost a year. I spend an afternoon transcribing agreements and I miss a comma. I know I have missed a comma, but I don’t go back to fix it. I like the missing comma. It gets me in the mood.” —Shane Kowalski ( @dieddisappointed.bsky.social )
To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski
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December 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“I have been here almost a year. I spend an afternoon transcribing agreements and I miss a comma. I know I have missed a comma, but I don’t go back to fix it. I like the missing comma. It gets me in the mood.” —Shane Kowalski ( @dieddisappointed.bsky.social )
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“I never get to know the heads’ names, nor do I see the heads attached to actual bodies. For all I know, they are floating heads passing by Frank’s old office.”
From Are People Out There, by Shane Kowalski, which was published by @futuretensebooks.bsky.social.
From Are People Out There, by Shane Kowalski, which was published by @futuretensebooks.bsky.social.
To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski
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December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“I never get to know the heads’ names, nor do I see the heads attached to actual bodies. For all I know, they are floating heads passing by Frank’s old office.”
From Are People Out There, by Shane Kowalski, which was published by @futuretensebooks.bsky.social.
From Are People Out There, by Shane Kowalski, which was published by @futuretensebooks.bsky.social.
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Shane Kowalski's short stories are like extended prose poems. Funny, perverse, quirky, and unique. Picture Diane Williams dancing the tango with Russell Edson. Highly recommended.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Shane Kowalski's short stories are like extended prose poems. Funny, perverse, quirky, and unique. Picture Diane Williams dancing the tango with Russell Edson. Highly recommended.
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can confirm: i have a piece in the new issue of Harper's 👍
BREAKING NEWS! Shane Kowalski has a story in Harper's Magazine. 🪇🎉
This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...
This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...
To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski
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December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
can confirm: i have a piece in the new issue of Harper's 👍
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Imagine the tears of joy when you give someone the gift of @dieddisappointed.bsky.social 🎁
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November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Imagine the tears of joy when you give someone the gift of @dieddisappointed.bsky.social 🎁
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a book so good she only had to write the one
Just learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
a book so good she only had to write the one
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Just learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Just learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"
breaking and entering by joy williams
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
breaking and entering by joy williams
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seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great.
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great.
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
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we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social !
in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
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in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
BECKETTIAN by Shane Kowalski
Murphy was visiting Malone. It had been a while since they had seen each other. Murphy being busy in the city, while Malone had lingered in the countryside. Murphy remembered those dark country roads,...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social !
in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
new xmas story from the new collection:
My favorite story firm @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's new collection.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
new xmas story from the new collection:
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November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
my book Are People Out There is officially out today. get it where books are sold, but especially at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
my book Are People Out There is officially out today. get it where books are sold, but especially at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
my book Are People Out There is out in two weeks. here are some blurbs by Ling Ma and Sebastian Castillo. you can still pre-order the book at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
my book Are People Out There is out in two weeks. here are some blurbs by Ling Ma and Sebastian Castillo. you can still pre-order the book at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
the nyt obituary for charles webb, the author of the graduate, from 2020: archive.ph/RtA8Z
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September 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the nyt obituary for charles webb, the author of the graduate, from 2020: archive.ph/RtA8Z
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We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now!
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September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now!
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You can now pre-order my new collection of stories, Are People Out There. It drops 10.31.25 via @futuretensebooks.bsky.social: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
PRE-ORDER: Are People Out There by Shane Kowalski | Future Tense Books
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September 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You can now pre-order my new collection of stories, Are People Out There. It drops 10.31.25 via @futuretensebooks.bsky.social: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
Are People Out There.
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
August 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Are People Out There.
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
i have a story up at Cleveland Review of Books. it's the title story of my forthcoming collection with @futuretensebooks.bsky.social. the story is about a baby.
Are People Out There - Cleveland Review of Books
I decided to become my friend’s baby. My friend is someone I know from high school. We’ve been friends for years. Now she is married to a man, a CPA or MBA or CEO, and they have a baby.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
i have a story up at Cleveland Review of Books. it's the title story of my forthcoming collection with @futuretensebooks.bsky.social. the story is about a baby.
new piece about a typical book review up at HAD today
a wonderful, wonderfully odd, and kinda perfectly "Kowalski-y" story today from Shane Kowalski!
"I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock!"
https://www.havehashad.com/tiaoz
"I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock!"
https://www.havehashad.com/tiaoz
Typical by Shane Kowalski
I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock! For most of the previous 1,500 words, the…
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July 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
new piece about a typical book review up at HAD today
lambchop kind of evening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdi...
The Man Who Loved Beer
YouTube video by Lambchop - Topic
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July 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
lambchop kind of evening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdi...
the high-concept transgression of JG Ballard's Crash mixed with the dulcet tones of the gentlest George Saunders story
July 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the high-concept transgression of JG Ballard's Crash mixed with the dulcet tones of the gentlest George Saunders story
a little bernhard, a little aira. deeply smart and splenetic and silly. makes you want to read or write more.
June 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
a little bernhard, a little aira. deeply smart and splenetic and silly. makes you want to read or write more.